Brian Freeman is back on the BjjBrick Podcast! His last appearance was episode 16. Brian is a disabled vet with a T4 spinal cord injury with Brown-Sequard syndrome. He is from Rockingham, North Carolina. Brian is now a blue belt under Renzo Gracie.

Brian Freeman and Xande Ribeiro at IBJJF PAN 2015

We talk about:

What caused his injury

Getting started in BJJ

Doing some techniques in his chair, and training to not get separated from his chair in a self defense situation

What it is like to be part of a BJJ team

Competing with able bodied competition

His game and strategies that he uses

Why some techniques are difficult for him to defend, and how he deals with them